Transport statistics in asymmetric coupled chaotic dots in series: Brownian motion model

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Abstract We study statistics of transport properties in a system of two quantum chaotic cavities coupled in series through a tunable junction and connected to reservoirs with asymmetric leads. Within the random matrix theory framework and in the absence of time-reversal symmetry, the scattering matrix S undergoes a crossover from two independent circular unitary ensembles to a single CUE as the inter-cavity coupling increases. Modeling this crossover using Dyson’s Brownian motion approach, with the junction width acting as a time-like parameter, we derive closed-form expressions for the time-dependent averages and variances of conductance and shot noise power for arbitrary lead asymmetry. These analytical results reduce to known expressions in the symmetric and fully coupled limits. The mapping between the Brownian time parameter and the physical junction width is found to be observable-dependent, reflecting the different eigenfunction correlations probed by conductance and shot noise power, and this dependence is examined and separately calibrated for each observable. Validating against random-matrix simulations and tight-binding transport calculations using Kwant, we find quantitative agreement for ensemble-averaged observables throughout the crossover, while variances, being more sensitive to microscopic fluctuations, show deviations from the Brownian-motion predictions.